For years, nations have searched for ways to secure porous borders against traffickers moving arms,…
Africa Defense Forum
ADF is a professional military magazine published quarterly by U.S. Africa Command to provide an international forum for African security professionals. ADF covers topics such as counter terrorism strategies, security and defense operations, transnational crime, and all other issues affecting peace, stability, and good governance on the African continent.
When Angolan President João Lourenço visited New Delhi in early May, it marked a realignment of…
Regardless of whether Awamo Mitterrand was tricked or coerced into enlisting in the Russian Army,…
Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have begun using armed drones…
Months after M23 rebels launched an offensive and seized the two largest cities in eastern…
The Islamic State group in Mozambique (ISM) is expanding its area of operations and its…
As peacekeeping missions are scaled back or shut down in Africa, the Rwanda Defence Force …
Recent drone attacks in Darfur and Port Sudan were part of rising tensions between Turkey…
The security challenges facing the African continent in the 21st century are too much for…
ADF STAFF | Photos by ATMIS In the yearslong war against violent extremism across Africa,…
Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria is deputy secretary-general of the United Nations and chair of…
The Economic Community of West African States conducted Operation Safe Domain III, aimed at keeping…
Just three years after the Nigerian Air Force took delivery of a dozen A-29 Super…
Guinea-Bissau, a West African nation once known as a “narco-state,” intercepted 2.63 metric tons of…
The remote town of Birao, Central African Republic, sits close to the borders of Chad…
The Cameroon Army is equipping its special forces with Turkish-made MPT-76 assault rifles. Developed in…
Tunisia is on track to buy an undisclosed number of 20-meter Archangel patrol boats from…